Five climate wins of 2025 that prove there’s still hope for the planet

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illuminem summarises for you the essential news of the day. Read the full piece on Euronews or enjoy below:

🗞️ Driving the news: Despite mounting climate risks, 2025 delivered major wins for the planet, from landmark legal rulings to rapid clean energy growth and wildlife recovery

🔭 The context: Global emissions remain high, but progress accelerated across law, energy, economics, and conservation
• Courts, governments, and markets increasingly aligned climate action with human rights, affordability, and growth

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: A historic advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice affirmed a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right strenghtens future climate accountability
• The High Seas Treaty moved closer to protecting nearly two-thirds of the world’s oceans, crucial for carbon storage and biodiversity
• Renewables overtook coal globally for the first time, with solar and wind outpacing electricity demand growth, cutting future emissions trajectories
• More economies are decoupling growth from emissions, proving prosperity no longer requires rising pollution
• Green sea turtles rebounded enough to be reclassified as “least concern,” showing conservation can reverse long-term ecological damage

⏭️ What’s next: Legal momentum, cheaper renewables, and stronger conservation frameworks could accelerate climate action, if governments scale these wins fast enough to meet 2030 targets

📈 One stat: Global solar generation grew 31% in 2025, the fastest increase ever recorded

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